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Poorest UK households pay rising share of income on council tax, study finds
Britain’s poorest households are paying an increasing share of their income on council tax, according to new analysis that likened it to the poll tax that contributed to the downfall of Margaret Thatcher.
The poorest fifth of households paid 4.8% of their income on council tax in England, Wales and …
Seven more massage therapists accuse Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of sexual misconduct
Seven more massage therapists have accused
kicker Justin Tucker of sexually inappropriate conduct, theBaltimore Banner reported on Sunday.
The Banner says a total of 16 massage therapists from eight Baltimore-area spas have now shared allegations of Tucker’s misconduct with the Banner. All the …
UK weather: temperatures could hit 14C this week after ‘anticyclonic gloom’
The UK will have warmer weather this week and sunshine in a number of areas on Monday, forecasters have said.
After snow and torrential rain in parts of the country over the weekend, rising temperatures will bring a welcome respite.
Temperatures could reach 13C (55F) or 14C by the middle …
Weekend voting among changes needed to overhaul UK elections system, officials say
The UK’s elections system needs a fundamental overhaul including weekend voting and a cut in the number of polling stations, the group representing electoral officials has said.
Years of changes in everything from postal voting to mandatory ID, with more reforms planned, has involved “bolting 21st century voter expectations on …
Egypt draws up Gaza reconstruction plan that would exclude Hamas
An alternative to Donald Trump’s plan to turn the Gaza Strip into a US-owned “Riviera of the Middle East” is being prepared by Egypt in conjunction with the World Bank, under which Hamas would be formally excluded from governance and control of the territory’s reconstruction.
The process would be handed …
Ukraine recaptures frontline village amid signs of slowing Russian advance
Ukraine has recaptured a village on the frontline in the country’s east, amid signs Russia’s advance may be slowing down and as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy renewed his call for fighting to end “with a just and lasting peace”.
On Sunday Ukrainian forces took back the village of Pischane, south-west of …
Patrick Barclay, who has died aged 77, was among the very best football writers of the last half-century. And as an all-round communicator on the game he was even nearer the pinnacle.
He spent 20 years on the Guardian and was shaped by this newspaper, and another six close to …
UK must act more promptly over latest Iran detentions, says Richard Ratcliffe
The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has called on ministers to act “more promptly” than they did to help free his wife, after Iran detained a British couple on a motorcycle trip.
Richard Ratcliffe, whose wife was freed in 2022 after five years in a Tehran prison, expressed fears that the …
Zelenskyy says Russia will ‘wage war on Nato’ if US support for Ukraine wanes
Vladimir Putin
, was building up troops for a possible military invasion of another …John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy
Democracy across the globe is under threat from the retreat of Donald Trump’s US into isolationism, and its likely replacement by China on the world stage, John Major has said.
The former UK prime minister, who rarely offers direct opinion on contemporary politics, used an interview with BBC Radio 4 …